This is a paper in explaining on how each of the three major sociological theories (Functionalist, Conflict, and Interactionists perspectives) that you would approach or evaluate in the topic of religion. Sociologist views society in many different ways. Some see the world as a stable and ongoing entity. Other sociologist view society as being made up into many groups that are in conflict with each other. While still other sociologists use aspects of the so-cial world on the everyday, routine interactions, among people that we take for granted. Together, these approaches will provide an introductory look towards religion and a sociologist perspective. As a Functionalists point of view on religion’s role in integrating society, providing social support, and promoting social changes in society. In other words this means religion plays a big part in our so-ciety, and plays a major role in many of people’s lives. It makes religion a cultural universal, along with other common practices or beliefs found in eve-ry culture. There are many types of religions around the world with enormous diversities in religious be-liefs and practices. But it all has one common bond that every religion believes in which is God. This means religion provides shared beliefs, and values about the questions of life. These values help society to function as an integrated social system.
A Functionalist and Conflict theorist both evalu-ates religion’s impact on human societies. Conflict theorists do not disagree that society is a system of interrelated parts, but look for the variables that re-veal competition and conflict over scarce and valued social resources. They argue that society is shaped and maintained by the outcome of these competi-tions or